[extropy-chat] Transhumanism: Teilhard de Chardin - Truth or Dare

[natashavita at earthlink.net]

From: Greg Burch 

>Scientific trivia contest: With what famous scientific hoax was Tielhard >
>assocated?

"Piltdown Man Hoax"
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/do53pi.html

(I googled it.)



>BTW, I agree that TdC's take on evolutionary theory was wrong, wrong,
>wrong, but, like Damien, I was always struck by how similar to my own
>thinking the Omega Point idea was.  He just took it for metaphysical
>reality, when he should have left it at an aspirational goal.

Yes.  I think we need to let the cat out of the bag.:-)

Natasha

My blog: http://www.gregburch.net/burchismo.html
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